<p>Is Kelley that good? Being a freshman at Indiana and having been a Direct Admit, i feel like anyone can get into Indiana and all you need is a 3.0 or above as a sophomore and your pretty much a "shoe-in" for the business school. Yes i know that not everyone will graduate and alot of people will not even make it into Kelley but i just don't sense the respect and honor when i hear Kelley compared to other business schools. I guess what i'm really asking is what other people think about Kelley. Nothing really stand out when you say "I graduated from Kelley" ... if people even know where/what it is. Especially if you wanted to work in the east coast (NYC) and not primarily in Chicago. Are there any major differences in getting a 3.7+ at Kelley rather than a 3.7+ at lets say.. Babson, Georgetown, Villanova, or Boston College??</p>
<p>this is not just because im a patriots fan and i can't bear to see manning and the colts everywhere i go lol</p>
<p>PatriotsFan33… I know exactly what you mean. As a Sophomore I feel like mediocrity fill the halls of the Kelley School of Business (don’t get me wrong, some of the students are brilliant). Unless you are in one of the workshops, a Kelley degree is not all that valuable (compared to Georgetown and BC). While some of the professors and classes are top notch, the quality of students within the business school lead you to believe that you go to a second rate business school. While this is how I feel, I try to look past the fact, work my ass off, and excel from my peers. Try to get in to one of the workshops, if you are interested in IM, IB or Consulting, or just be in the top 10% of the graduating class. If you are in that range, I think a Kelley degree can be just as valuable as any other degree (to some extent, obviously IU is no Wharton).</p>
<p>Kelley is an outstanding school as is the ones that you mentioned. Based on some of your previous posts there are other things that are issues here (roommate ect). Need a heart to heart with that roommate! </p>
<p>You are at the top of your class and doing well. Congrads!</p>
<p>Since you are taking Freshman classes and not so much the Kelley classes (English Class, ect) you are not seeing the Junior and Senior classes that would show the Kelley Business Students. The 2 business classes you are taking are students who are DA and students that are dealing with their Freshman classes and for some the first time away from home. </p>
<p>I would talk to a one of the Profs in your Spring Class and talk to some upper classman / TAs to see what you think. </p>
<p>I’ve had the opportunity to visit all the colleges that you mentioned and visit with students. IU Kelley is a very good school and from what your saying it may not be the school but the people surrounding you right now. I would branch out and join more of the professional organizations. </p>
<p>I would like to add the $60 million addition shows the investment IU is making in the Business school.</p>
<p>PatriotsFan33, if you aren’t challenged at Kelley, then you are doing something wrong.</p>
<p>IU is full of mediocre freshmen and sophomores that will not even get into Kelley. If you surround yourself with these students, you will not find Kelley challenging during your first two years there. Get into Hutton Honors College if you aren’t already, and then you will be able to take honors versions of the two computer classes, the two speech/communications classes, and the two two-hundred level accounting classes taught by Hewitt and Sprinkle. You won’t find these classes easy, and you won’t find too many mediocre students in them either.</p>
<p>You act like graduating with a 3.7 in finance will be a breeze. I noticed in one of your other posts that you art thinking of double majoring in accounting, too. If you can pull off a 3.7+ with those majors at Kelley, you will easily be in the top ten percent of your graduating class and have no trouble getting interviews with good companies. Kelley is a top ten finance school and currently rated #6 in accounting in the latest Public Accounting Report. I doubt any place you can transfer to would be rated that high in both majors.</p>
<p>In terms of housing, you might look into residence scholars (Ashton Johnston). It is single rooms (10’ X13’), very inexpensive (less than $3,000 this year), and has a great location at 10th and Sunrise, with lots of parking across tenth street with the D-5 permit. As of last week, there were still about 20 of these singles left unassigned for males. Getting in requires an essay, so if you are interested, you should apply very soon.
<a href=“http://www.rps.indiana.edu/llpscholars.cfml?aud=fut[/url]”>http://www.rps.indiana.edu/llpscholars.cfml?aud=fut</a></p>
<p>hi there, i apply to iu early and get into HHC and Kelley Both. I like this school pretty much even though i consider it as my safety (i prefer ND and CMC perhaps)…</p>
<p>I was a little bit worried about my future in Kelley, because i did not see so many prestigious companies (maybe GS, MS these kind of firms) hold oncampus job fairs in IU. However, I gradually know that degree sometimes is an accessory, but you have to outperform others in a group of people to prove your value.</p>
<p>congrats that u have been admitted to kelley, and i may see u there.</p>
<p>I think that Hoosiers in general are kind of unassuming people. I think you might be underselling them. Kelley is a very good school and I know tons of people doing extremely well having graduated from there. There is a lot of bias in educational communities for the coasts. If that is important to you, or if a Wall Street career is where you hope to be, consider the coasts. But if you do well at IU and want to go to grad school or go public accounting, you’re good.</p>
<p>I am in business and work in a large corporation and with many outside consultants. </p>
<p>It occured to me to ask some (younger adults) that I thought were amazing business people where they attended school. I was surprised at how many were from IU Kelley. Kelley and were not only Bright business people but had an edge over the others at somoe of the top schools. Not only that but not one of them had one bad thing to say and LOVED IU. I realize this was a smaller sample but I was very impressed.</p>
<p>Myson was looking at colleges and we did visit a lot of top business schools (15). IU Kelley was not in the top 5, he wanted a smaller school. We did a visit to the IU Direct Adm Day and another visit and really blew us away. For those of you looking at IU be sure to go to the Business School and their presentation. All the things they offer at IU became in the top 2 and finally the one he is now at. </p>
<p>Again very impressed with the IU Kelley Graduates that I work with and glad my som made the decision to go to IU.</p>
<p>I just checked the UG student population at IU and UNC-CH:</p>
<p>IU : 33000
UNC-CH: 18000</p>
<p>If IU can cut 40% of the freshmen enrollment, its students would feel more intense competition. However, IU has to admit many in-state students due to its obligation to the state residents. Though, I have recently found out that some of the weed out classes (chemistry) might force 1/3 of the students out (W/F). </p>
<p>I indeed heard about similar concerns from a friend’s daughter who was also a top student in the HS. It turns out that she also had the roommate issue. I think bthomp1 and others have provided good suggestions. My personal opinion about IU, after a thorough evaluation for my twin boys in Junior year, is that there should be opportunities for top students (with substantial scholarship) to get into honor’s programs and be able to compete with the best. My youngest son (HS freshmen) was not that much interested in IU Kelley for whatever the profound reasons were. I told him that if he could keep his UW GPA of 4.0 (including 5 AP’s), get a SAT over 2300, and form a business club among other EC’s by the end of his Junior year, I will then talk with him about his applying to a school of Wharton’s caliber. In that case, IU would still be his 2nd choice. As an Indiana resident, I really do not see any other schools being worthwhile in between for his intended business major unless a full ride (or almost) scholarship is awarded.</p>
<p>I am from Miami and go to Babson. I never heard of Kelley until yesterday when I read a thread about Kelley vs. Babson. I have heard of IU though; I have many friends at IU and they’re not very bright. I guess this doesn’t give me a good impression of IU-Kelley. </p>
<p>If you want to work in NYC or somewhere in the north east… Babson, Georgetown, and BC would probably all look better.</p>
<p>I agree that Kelley is a great school. However, at large publics, there is often a trend toward proving yourself by what you do in college rather than simply proving yourself by getting in. If you actually are smarter than your classmates, you should have every opportunity at Kelley that you would elsewhere.</p>